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A planning committee has been established to examine and make recommendations for the renovation of BenetHall. A preliminary budget of S 1,000,000 has been allocated to the project, which is expected to begin next June.

The planning committee has only recently been organized, and no final decisions have been made so far. "What we arc doing now is getting all the alternatives and our first priorities," said committee member Tom Thole, OSB.

"All of us over the years keep hearing about the problems of the building. The question that needs to be answered is what is the most desirable thing for Benet. We will address some of its problems, such as its overcrowded character, its safety and its lack of lounge space," said Dietrich Reinhart, OSB, faculty resident on second Benet and committee member.

According to committee chair Cletus Connors, OSB, the committee plans to incorporate a restoration of the building while the renovation is taking place. "One of our biggest concerns is to have the building keep the look of the original architecture. It has already been violated somewhat," Connors said.

The center window of the triple windows on the fourth floor have been boarded up as walls were built there to divide the floor into rooms 20 years ago. "We want to open that middle window, which might mean the rooms on the fourth floor would be converted to double rooms or suites. In order to do this, the walls might need to be knocked out," Connors said.

Another plan under consideration is the phasing out of housing in the basement. "We would strongly encourage that nobody lives in the basement, but that the basement be used for housekeeping, storage and other purposes. The basement is not the typeof place that we would like our students to live," said Connors.

The basement of Benet was not originally intended to be used for housing, as the student post office, candy store and a bowling alley were located there before its conversion to dormitory space. "We are unanimous in wanting to take the basement out of housing. The basement will be better used for storage, laundry and recreational facilities," said Reinhart

The committee also agrees that there is not adequate storage facilities or adequate student lounges in Benet hall, and the laundry facilities are inadequate, as there are only three washing machines in the entire building.

Another relevant factor which must be considered

Photo by Lance Svvanke

Benet Hall is slated to undergo a one million dollar renovation.

is the fact that Benet Hall is made up of many single rooms. Benet Hall and Joe Hall have the largest number of single rooms on campus, and this type of housing is recognized as being in short supply. "A big consideration is to keep the single rooms," Connors said. 'There seems to be a big demand on campus for single rooms. Joe Hall is not going to last forever, so sometime in the future we are going to lose 30 single rooms."

"What we want to do on campus is have enough varieties of housing so that there is a real choice for people. For too long all we had was double rooms, and by building the Seton apartments we were able to open up singles in Benet," Reinhart said. The committee hopes to keep as many single rooms in Benet as possible, as Joe hall will most likely be torn down when the new campus center is built.

The biggest problem with renovating Benet hall is that the renovation work will render the building unusable for housing. "We cannot close down this building because it will take too many places out of housing," said Thole.

Other dorms have been renovated in the past without the impact of a loss of housing. This was a major issue regarding the renovationof Benet in the past, but with the construction of new housing this year, the renovation of Benet becomes feasible. "We had at one time four run-down dorms — Frank, Greg, Joe and Benet. Frank and Greg were renovated, but we could not do anything to Benet until we built enough extra housing to house the displaced students. Now that we are

Two CSB students disciplined for FR/RA sign theft

By M.A. Holscher

Two CSB students were called into the office of Cletus Connors, OSB, SJU director of residential programs, last Monday to answer questions as to why they stole 25 Resident Assistant (RA) and Faculty Resident (FR) door signs. Thename signs were taken last weekend as the students visited various SJU dormitories.

Rachel Drake and Julie Meland, both CSB freshmen, were seen by a number of SJU student residents as they removed the signs from residential staff doors. Several SJU dorm residents also reported overhearing the two boasting of the fact that they had obtained so many.

Connors, who declined to comment on any disciplinary action taken, reportedly fined the students S50 each and restricted their right to visit SJU dormitories. "I don't care to comment on who they axe or the nature of the sanction. What I will say is that we look so very unfavorably on any kind of vandalism or theft because it ends up hurting somebody somewhere," he said.

Connors explained that the theft of the signs is a

particularly sensitive matter. "If it involves a person's name, I think it is very destructive because a person's integrity can be questioned and his own sense of self-worth challenged." Connors said that many residential staff members were angry and "hurt" by the stealing.

"Some of the FRs have been in the dorms for years and have thought they had good relations with their students. Those people were especially upset," said Connors.

Connors noted that there has been a great deal of vandalisrrfat CSB so far this year, while SJU has had a"pretty good year" so far. "I would hope that vandalism on both campuses could be eliminated," he said.

Neither Drake or Meland could be reached for comment.

building new housing, it removes some of the pressure from Benet," said Reinhart.

One previous plan was to replace some of the housing of Benet Hall with offices and classrooms. This plan has been scrapped in order to keep the amount of housing in Benet intact. "We do not plan to have anything from administration incorporated into Benet Hall. In the past there was a plan to make the first and second floor of Benet and extension of the Quadrangle with both offices and classrooms," said Connors.

Other renovations which will most likely occur include the construction of a new freight elev ator, new energy-efficient doors and windows, electrical and plumbing modernization and possibly air conditioning in the building.

Although the work to be done is not yet completely planned, Thole, who has lived in Benet

Benet

continued on page 4

By Paul Soucheray

The St. John's Senate (SJS) has completed the allocation process for student organizations for the 1987-88 academic year. With a total working budget of $106,000, the SJS and the Student Administrative Board (SAB) at CSB contribute S53.000 each, which comprises the $106,000 given to the Joint Funding Board (JFB) for allocations.

Most student organizations have both SJU and CSB membership, so their funds are allocated by the Joint Funding Board (JFB). The SJS, however, independently funds three organizations — The Record, the lacrosse team, and the SJU rugby team. At its recent meeting, the SJS allocated just over $12,000 to those three groups. The Record received an allocation of $10,800 while lacrosse and rugby received $500 and $800 respectively.

When asked how the remaining $40,900 is spent, Dave Charpentier, SJS Activities Allocations Board chairman, said there are many special interest allocations made throughout the fiscal period. "Organizations can make special requests to the Senate," Charpentier explained. "Last year, for instance, we bought the PRP program some new camping equipment. We also bought the crew. team a new boat. These were both done on special request"

Charpentier also explained that the SJS helps fund hockey buses, Friday night movies, Homecoming Week, and Spring Formal. It has also funded special projects such as the installation of a new cement slab on Watab. Likewise, the SJS needs finances to operate itself.

"I don't think people realize that our entire budget comes from each student's $65 activities fee," Charpentier said. He also stressed how carefully and strictly the allocations process is handled. "Each group that gets money is responsible for a monthly audit and strict JFB guidelines," he said.

Charpentier said that an emphasis is being placed this year on organizations who want to plan nonalcoholic events.

Photo by Jeff Brzozowski

Miltich plays at outdoor coffeehouse

Tony Miltich, folk singer and SJU alumnus, performed at a Joint Events Council Coffeehouse last Saturday on the mall. Miltich's outdoor concert lasted two hours and included tunes from James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Jim Croce and John Denver.

A planning committee has been established to examine and make recommendations for the renovation of BenetHall. A preliminary budget of S 1,000,000 has been allocated to the project, which is expected to begin next June.

The planning committee has only recently been organized, and no final decisions have been made so far. "What we arc doing now is getting all the alternatives and our first priorities" said committee member Tom Thole, OSB.

"All of us over the years keep hearing about the problems of the building. The question that needs to be answered is what is the most desirable thing for Benet. We will address some of its problems, such as its overcrowded character, its safety and its lack of lounge space" said Dietrich Reinhart, OSB, faculty resident on second Benet and committee member.

According to committee chair Cletus Connors, OSB, the committee plans to incorporate a restoration of the building while the renovation is taking place. "One of our biggest concerns is to have the building keep the look of the original architecture. It has already been violated somewhat" Connors said.

The center window of the triple windows on the fourth floor have been boarded up as walls were built there to divide the floor into rooms 20 years ago. "We want to open that middle window, which might mean the rooms on the fourth floor would be converted to double rooms or suites. In order to do this, the walls might need to be knocked out" Connors said.

Another plan under consideration is the phasing out of housing in the basement. "We would strongly encourage that nobody lives in the basement, but that the basement be used for housekeeping, storage and other purposes. The basement is not the typeof place that we would like our students to live" said Connors.

The basement of Benet was not originally intended to be used for housing, as the student post office, candy store and a bowling alley were located there before its conversion to dormitory space. "We are unanimous in wanting to take the basement out of housing. The basement will be better used for storage, laundry and recreational facilities" said Reinhart

The committee also agrees that there is not adequate storage facilities or adequate student lounges in Benet hall, and the laundry facilities are inadequate, as there are only three washing machines in the entire building.

Another relevant factor which must be considered

Photo by Lance Svvanke

Benet Hall is slated to undergo a one million dollar renovation.

is the fact that Benet Hall is made up of many single rooms. Benet Hall and Joe Hall have the largest number of single rooms on campus, and this type of housing is recognized as being in short supply. "A big consideration is to keep the single rooms" Connors said. 'There seems to be a big demand on campus for single rooms. Joe Hall is not going to last forever, so sometime in the future we are going to lose 30 single rooms."

"What we want to do on campus is have enough varieties of housing so that there is a real choice for people. For too long all we had was double rooms, and by building the Seton apartments we were able to open up singles in Benet" Reinhart said. The committee hopes to keep as many single rooms in Benet as possible, as Joe hall will most likely be torn down when the new campus center is built.

The biggest problem with renovating Benet hall is that the renovation work will render the building unusable for housing. "We cannot close down this building because it will take too many places out of housing" said Thole.

Other dorms have been renovated in the past without the impact of a loss of housing. This was a major issue regarding the renovationof Benet in the past, but with the construction of new housing this year, the renovation of Benet becomes feasible. "We had at one time four run-down dorms — Frank, Greg, Joe and Benet. Frank and Greg were renovated, but we could not do anything to Benet until we built enough extra housing to house the displaced students. Now that we are

Two CSB students disciplined for FR/RA sign theft

By M.A. Holscher

Two CSB students were called into the office of Cletus Connors, OSB, SJU director of residential programs, last Monday to answer questions as to why they stole 25 Resident Assistant (RA) and Faculty Resident (FR) door signs. Thename signs were taken last weekend as the students visited various SJU dormitories.

Rachel Drake and Julie Meland, both CSB freshmen, were seen by a number of SJU student residents as they removed the signs from residential staff doors. Several SJU dorm residents also reported overhearing the two boasting of the fact that they had obtained so many.

Connors, who declined to comment on any disciplinary action taken, reportedly fined the students S50 each and restricted their right to visit SJU dormitories. "I don't care to comment on who they axe or the nature of the sanction. What I will say is that we look so very unfavorably on any kind of vandalism or theft because it ends up hurting somebody somewhere" he said.

Connors explained that the theft of the signs is a

particularly sensitive matter. "If it involves a person's name, I think it is very destructive because a person's integrity can be questioned and his own sense of self-worth challenged." Connors said that many residential staff members were angry and "hurt" by the stealing.

"Some of the FRs have been in the dorms for years and have thought they had good relations with their students. Those people were especially upset" said Connors.

Connors noted that there has been a great deal of vandalisrrfat CSB so far this year, while SJU has had a"pretty good year" so far. "I would hope that vandalism on both campuses could be eliminated" he said.

Neither Drake or Meland could be reached for comment.

building new housing, it removes some of the pressure from Benet" said Reinhart.

One previous plan was to replace some of the housing of Benet Hall with offices and classrooms. This plan has been scrapped in order to keep the amount of housing in Benet intact. "We do not plan to have anything from administration incorporated into Benet Hall. In the past there was a plan to make the first and second floor of Benet and extension of the Quadrangle with both offices and classrooms" said Connors.

Other renovations which will most likely occur include the construction of a new freight elev ator, new energy-efficient doors and windows, electrical and plumbing modernization and possibly air conditioning in the building.

Although the work to be done is not yet completely planned, Thole, who has lived in Benet

Benet

continued on page 4

By Paul Soucheray

The St. John's Senate (SJS) has completed the allocation process for student organizations for the 1987-88 academic year. With a total working budget of $106,000, the SJS and the Student Administrative Board (SAB) at CSB contribute S53.000 each, which comprises the $106,000 given to the Joint Funding Board (JFB) for allocations.

Most student organizations have both SJU and CSB membership, so their funds are allocated by the Joint Funding Board (JFB). The SJS, however, independently funds three organizations — The Record, the lacrosse team, and the SJU rugby team. At its recent meeting, the SJS allocated just over $12,000 to those three groups. The Record received an allocation of $10,800 while lacrosse and rugby received $500 and $800 respectively.

When asked how the remaining $40,900 is spent, Dave Charpentier, SJS Activities Allocations Board chairman, said there are many special interest allocations made throughout the fiscal period. "Organizations can make special requests to the Senate" Charpentier explained. "Last year, for instance, we bought the PRP program some new camping equipment. We also bought the crew. team a new boat. These were both done on special request"

Charpentier also explained that the SJS helps fund hockey buses, Friday night movies, Homecoming Week, and Spring Formal. It has also funded special projects such as the installation of a new cement slab on Watab. Likewise, the SJS needs finances to operate itself.

"I don't think people realize that our entire budget comes from each student's $65 activities fee" Charpentier said. He also stressed how carefully and strictly the allocations process is handled. "Each group that gets money is responsible for a monthly audit and strict JFB guidelines" he said.

Charpentier said that an emphasis is being placed this year on organizations who want to plan nonalcoholic events.

Photo by Jeff Brzozowski

Miltich plays at outdoor coffeehouse

Tony Miltich, folk singer and SJU alumnus, performed at a Joint Events Council Coffeehouse last Saturday on the mall. Miltich's outdoor concert lasted two hours and included tunes from James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Jim Croce and John Denver.